Award-winning film-director, actor, writer and producer, Spike Lee, spoke to a packed house on issues surrounding the importance of education, violence amongst African Americans and politics at the University of Memphis Tuesday.

“We come from a long line of educated people,” Lee said. “Education will have to be the way for us to move forward.” The Morehouse College alumnus answered questions from the audience and addressed criticism surrounding his most recent film “Chi-Raq”.

The National Rifle Association and students who favor carrying guns on campus for protection will hold an event at the University Center on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

The NRA’s university outreach arm and Students for Concealed Carry, a University of Memphis student organization, hope to discuss the Second Amendment and expanding carrying guns on campus — a highly controversial topic which many are against, including U of M officials.

The next presidential election is less than a year away, and researchers are looking into the relationship between millennials, social media and voting habits.

More than 80 percent of the 18 to 34-year-olds said they get their news from YouTube and 50 percent said they used the popular image-sharing site, Instagram as a source of news, according to a survey conducted in March 2015 by the American Press Institute.

University of Memphis police are investigating a report of an armed robbery that took place on the on the football fields off of Southern Avenue on Aug. 21, an event that police say is an extremely rare event on campus.

Willis Fosterhe and four of his friends, were throwing a football on the intramural soccer field around 5 p.m. when they saw a man jump the fence and approach their belongings on the bleachers.